OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 75/2020 issued on 30 March 2020

Summary

• Compared with the previous reporting period, between the evenings of 27 and 28 March, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region.
• Between the evenings of 28 and 29 March, the Mission recorded more ceasefire violations in Donetsk region and fewer in Luhansk region, compared with the previous 24 hours.
• Members of the armed formations continued to deny the SMM passage towards non-government-controlled areas at official crossing routes along the contact line in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, citing, among other reasons, “the closure of the checkpoint due to COVID-19” and “quarantine-related measures”.
• The Mission continued monitoring the disengagement areas near Stanytsia Luhanska, Zolote and Petrivske.
• The SMM again saw that the entry-exit checkpoints near Maiorsk, Novotroitske, Hnutove and Stanytsia Luhanska and several checkpoints of the armed formations along the contact line in both Donetsk and Luhansk regions remained closed amid COVID-19 outbreak.
• The SMM facilitated the operation of the Donetsk Filtration Station after it resumed operations on 28 March. On the evening of 28 March, the Mission recorded ceasefire violations within a 1km radius of the station.
• The Mission saw anti-tank mines for the first time near Molodizhne, Luhansk region.